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Former State Super investments chief returns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... which I was closely involved," Johnson said. "I am confident that her proven skills will help State Super maintain its superior investment performance and leading member service standards even in today's highly challenging superannuation environment." ...

Risk advisers under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
This week's joint report from ASIC and APRA into life insurance and claims handling found superior consumer outcomes for group life insurance, leading a prolific law firm to suggest risk advisers add little to no value. Maurice Blackburn superannuation ...

Global investment firm adds chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... "They share a common view that bespoke global fund management companies offer the best opportunities for clients seeking superior returns," Unsworth said. "We are looking forward to benefitting from Martin Gilbert's guidance and collaborating on ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... software-as-a-service (SaaS) competitors due to greater scale, greater sales capabilities, simplicity of using one vendor and a superior bundled price versus value proposition," he said. He said the firm finds it hard to see SaaS alternatives maintaining ...

Good time to be in managed accounts: IMAP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... subject to a pretty rigorous investment management process, that the returns in the risk adjusted sense are likely to be superior to less structured approaches, such as those of individual advisers," Potter explained. "The key benefit for clients and ...

Elanor launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... Year 1 Fund distribution yield of 7.5%, we are positive that our proven active asset management capability will deliver superior risk adjusted returns for our investors." Elanor chief executive Glenn Willis said the group is positive about the investment ...

Small administrator eyes large funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... platform, NeXus, into a new market," MMC managing director Tom Reiher said. "This will provide the Australian business with a superior technology solution, allowing our New Zealand clients access to the Australian market in future." Harvey said the firm's ...

Franklin Templeton to acquire Legg Mason

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... the latter by prohibiting solicitation of further bids. A termination penalty is also imposed if Legg Mason accepts a superior bid. Meanwhile, Rigrodsky & Long is also investigating for similar reasons.

Macquarie expected to fall short of 2019 performance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... performance, even though future market conditions made forecasting difficult. "Macquarie remains well positioned to deliver superior performance in the medium term due to our deep expertise in major markets, building on our strength in business and geographic ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... approximately 10% a year since 1920, the 2010s had lower inflation compared to most prior decades, as such, delivering superior real returns. "To give it some perspective, the S&P 500 averaged 17.0%, while international property prices grew by 13.5% ...